YOU WILL EDIT 1 FILE, BUT WILL NEED 2 PIECES OF SOFTWARE:
- BG3 Modder's Multitool: https://github.com/ShinyHobo/BG3-Modders-Multitool
- Notepad++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
And of course, grab either DisplacerSummon Loose in Miscellaneous files
SET UP:
- Run the installer for Notepad++.
- Unzip the BG3 Modder's Multitool and put it somewhere outside Program Files. (Legit installation instructions here: https://github.com/ShinyHobo/BG3-Modders-Multitool/wiki/Installation)
- Open up the application named "bg3-modders-multitool" and atop the window, go into configurations. (Legit configuration instructions here: https://github.com/ShinyHobo/BG3-Modders-Multitool/wiki/Configuration)
- Or just direct to it your bg3.exe location, (e.g. C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\bin\bg3.exe).
- Then direct it to your game Document's location, (e.g. C:\Users\Bob'sYourUncle\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3)
- Check the box that says "Pack .paks to Mods folder instead of zipping." *When in doubt, don't tick this box. Mod manager will give you a zip file instead, exactly like the one you would download from me, then you can do with it what you like.
EDIT:
- Turn your attention to the loose file you've downloaded from this mod. Unzip it, navigate to DisplacerSummon\Localization\English and open DisplacerSummon.loca.xml, or just the only file in there, up with Notepad++.
- Ignore everything else. Change "Summoned Displacer Beast" to what you want your kitty cat to be called.
- Change "Displacer Beast Illusion" to what you want your kitty cat copies to be called.
- Save it, then exit.
*You'll have to copy the lines over every update.
PACKING:
- Navigate back out to DisplacerSummon, and drag the entire folder into the blue box in Modder's Multitool. There will be messages telling you it worked (e.g. [09/29/2023 16:37:39] DisplacerSummon pak moved to Mods folder!).
- That's it!
Enable the mod in BG3 Mod Organizer if you haven't. If you have, the new pak will just replace the old one. You don't have to do anything else.
You can repeat this process any time in a playthrough. The change will be reflected immediately upon reopening the game.
7 comments
Would it be at all possible to separate the
<content contentuid="h8b2c2517gbb9fg4abag9be9g4926d3de668a" version="1">Summoned Displacer Beast</content>
lines to their own .config/.txt file? Main reason for asking this, is that it would be nice to not have to redo the .pak with the multitool every time the mod updates.<content contentuid="h7457b77fgc702g40a2g989agec8e87ac2854" version="1">Displacer Beast Illusion</content>
Even if it isn't, wonderful mod, thank you!
I tried extracting the .pak and in localization>english, there's no "DisplacerSummon.loca", instead there's "__MT_GEN_LOCA_41dcb949-a5a2-4726-95bb-215f7a784025.loca". Renaming the edited displacersummon to __mt_gen_blahblah gives me the NOT FOUND issue.
For the record, the .pak download works out of the box completely fine! It's only when trying to edit the special boy, it stops working. Not really an issue-issue because obviously the mod works fine, I'm just not sure why I am forbidden from naming him. Possibly one of life's modding mysteries! (I still love you, even if you're nameless, displacer beast)
You won't have to extract anything, just go in, change the text, and pack it up.